Manchester United fan and Old Trafford match-goer killed by Hamas in Israel
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA Manchester United fan who attended matches at Old Trafford has been killed by Hamas. Yonatan Rapoport has been named as one of the seven UK nationals known to have been killed in Hamas' attack on Israel earlier this month.
The British-Israeli was a member of the official Israeli fan club of Manchester United, Israeli Reds. The BBC reported Yonatan's death this morning (October 19).
It is reported that father-of-two Yonatan was killed in the attack on the Be'eri kibbutz, in southern Israel. In a post on the group's Facebook page, Israeli Reds says Yonatan was 'excited' to take his son to Old Trafford for the first time when United play Luton Town on November 11. READ MORE: Huge emergency response after car smashes into garage on major road READ MORE: Greater Manchester drugs boss who hid his crime empire behind luxury playboy lifestyle makes desperate bid for jail release Israeli Reds describe Yonatan as a 'die hard fan'.
The fan club added that it 'shares the grief of the Rapoport family of Kibbutz Bari, on the death of Yonatan'. In an image shared by the group, Yonatan (pictured below, centre) is wrapped in a United scarf while stood on an Old Trafford terrace ahead of a match.
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